Category: Weeds

Composting is controlling the natural decay of organic matter by providing the right conditions for composting critters to convert yard trimmings into a product that can be returned to your landscape and garden. Tiny organisms (mainly bacteria, fungi and protozoa) …

Mulching is one of the most important ways to maintain healthy landscape plants. A mulch is any material applied to the soil surface for protection or improvement of the area covered. Mulching is really nature’s idea. Nature produces large quantities …

Dr. Leonard P. Perry, Extension Professor
University of Vermont

Of course weeds can cause blisters on hands and sore backs from too much weeding, but they can also teach you about your soil and provide useful benefits. So give your hands …

By Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor

Have you ever thought, as I have, that wouldn’t it be great if there was a use for all those weeds you are pulling in the garden? Well, there is, plus benefits for having …

Yard
By Khieng Chho

If bees are public enemy #1 for most farmers, lawn owners and
gardeners tend to view weeds with very much the same perception.
Weeds are non-native plants that are unwanted in a certain place
and time and can be very much …